The media wants you to think “Greater Israel” is a fringe fantasy belonging to Ben Gvir and the settler far right. It's not. It's a project for dominating the entire Middle East, and it goes far beyond land grabs. Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator and president of the US/Middle East Project, joins Rania Khalek to explain what “Greater Israel” act ... Show More
Jul 27
Terror, Pogroms & Land Theft: Inside Israel's Final Push to Take the West Bank, w/ Jasper Nathaniel
Journalist Jasper Nathaniel just spent a month in the occupied West Bank, and he came back with a warning: while the world watches Gaza, Israel is finishing a decades-long project to dominate the West Bank and drive Palestinians off their land for good.Rania Khalek talks with him ... Show More
45m 10s
Jul 10
Revulsion at Israel Is Changing Everything, w/ Susan Abulhawa
It's been over a thousand days since Israel began its livestreamed genocide in Gaza, and global politics is still shifting as a result. Candidates who refuse AIPAC money are toppling Democratic incumbents across the US, support for Israel has become a political liability and the ... Show More
50m 8s
Jun 2026
The World Has Turned Against Israel, w/ Ali Abunimah
Ali Abunimah joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss the dramatic collapse of global support for Israel, the growing backlash against Western support for genocide in Gaza, and why governments are increasingly resorting to repression as public opinion shifts in favor of Palest ... Show More
53m 20s
Mar 2024
War in the Middle East
Negar Mortazavi speaks to Barbara Slavin, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, about the Israel-Hamas war, US-Iran tensions, the Axis of Resistance, the influence of Arab countries, and the impact of this war in the Middle East on the upcoming US presidenti ... Show More
28m 38s
May 2025
Netanyahu Declares Intent to Reoccupy Gaza While US Media Downplays Genocide [Preview]
Congressman Randy Fine calls for Gaza’s nuclear annihilation, the Trump administration tries to bar international students from going to Harvard, Trump threatens even more tariffs, NATO leader calls for an even stronger NATO, and more.Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan ... Show More
12m 1s
Oct 2022
Fighting for freedom in Iran
<p>Tommy and Ben discuss the latest news out of Ukraine, including the increasingly vocal criticism of the war effort from Putin’s allies and talk of nuclear weapons use. Then they cover the election results in Brazil, prisoner releases, trickle down economics get humiliated in t ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2021
Human Rights in the Middle East
<p>Negar Mortazavi speaks to Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of DAWN, about the latest cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, what the United States can do to help improve human rights and peace across the Middle East, and the Biden administration’s policy to ... Show More
33m 5s
Oct 2023
"This Is A War on All Fronts": Zionism, Palestinian Resistance & Al Aqsa Flood
A conversation about the recent developments in Palestine with MAKC's Jared Ware (@jaybeware) and Josh Briond (@queersocialism), and friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) Co-published with Milenials are Killing Capitalism, which you can support on Patreon. Consider sup ... Show More
1h 47m
Oct 2024
Breaking Down Israel's War Strategy
<p>In the second episode of MEnbar, host Marc Owen Jones welcomes Omar H. Rahman, a fellow at ME Council and the editor of Akfar, the council’s online publication providing insights and analysis on current events in the region. Rahman talks about Israel’s evolving strategy in Gaz ... Show More
52m 23s